Scot Davidson
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Scot Davidson is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019.
Background
Davidson was born in Georgina, Ontario. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from York University.
Political career
On October 20, 2018, Davidson won the Conservative nomination for the 2019 York—Simcoe federal by-election, which was held to fill the seat vacated by Peter Van Loan’s retirement. Davidson won the seat in the by-election, and retained it in the general election in October. He was re-elected in the 2021 and 2025 elections. He was elected joint chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Electoral record
| vte2025 Canadian federal election: New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 39,246 | 59.35 | +11.68 | ||
| Liberal | Mike Hanrahan | 24,444 | 36.97 | +6.70 | ||
| New Democratic | Nancy Morrison | 1,226 | 1.85 | –11.20 | ||
| Green | Callum McKinnon | 712 | 1.08 | –0.16 | ||
| People's | Paul Montague | 496 | 0.75 | –6.74 | ||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 66,124 | 68.34 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 96,762 | |||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +2.49 | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| 2021 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 24,900 | 50.0 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | Daniella Johnson | 14,469 | 29.0 | +2.2 | |
| New Democratic | Benjamin Jenkins | 6,800 | 13.6 | -0.6 | |
| People's | Michael Lotter | 3,662 | 7.3 | +5.7 | |
| Total valid votes | 49,831 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 466 | ||||
| Turnout | 50,297 | 53.74 | |||
| Eligible voters | 93,596 | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| vte2019 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 24,918 | 46.3 | 7.61 | $56,801.81 | |
| Liberal | Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux | 14,407 | 26.8 | 2.24 | none listed | |
| New Democratic | Jessa McLean | 7,620 | 14.2 | 6.69 | none listed | |
| Green | Jonathan Arnold | 4,650 | 8.6 | 5.58 | $6,288.49 | |
| Libertarian | Keith Komar | 1,311 | 2.4 | 1.83 | none listed | |
| People's | Michael Lotter | 875 | 1.6 | 0.30 | $223.47 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,781 | 100.0 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 497 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,278 | 60.7 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 89,360 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.68 | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| vteCanadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: York—Simcoe Resignation of Peter Van Loan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 8,929 | 53.91 | 3.66 | |
| Liberal | Shaun Tanaka | 4,811 | 29.04 | 8.72 | |
| New Democratic | Jessa McLean | 1,244 | 7.51 | 1.38 | |
| Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 634 | 3.83 | -- | |
| Green | Mathew Lund | 451 | 2.72 | 0.37 | |
| People's | Robert Geurts | 314 | 1.90 | -- | |
| Libertarian | Keith Dean Komar | 95 | 0.57 | -- | |
| Independent | John The Engineer Turmel | 64 | 0.39 | -- | |
| National Citizens Alliance | Adam Suhr | 22 | 0.13 | -- | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 16,564 | 99.43 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.57 | +0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 16,659 | 20.03 | -43.23 | ||
| Eligible voters | 83,179 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.19 | |||
| Source: Elections Canada |